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Left Handedness: Fair or a Fallacy. From Otorhinolaryngology Residency Training Perspective

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    Priyanshi Gupta Assistant Professor, MBBS, DLO, MS ENT,  Tarun Ojha Professor and HOD, MBBS, MS ENT,  Rajendra Kumar Dabaria Assistant Professor, MBBS, MS ENT,  Kanika Sharma,  Biban Chhabra,  Bhargavi Trivedi &  Monika Bansal

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Gupta, P., Ojha, T., Dabaria, R.K. et al. Left Handedness: Fair or a Fallacy. From Otorhinolaryngology Residency Training Perspective. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 75, 474–477 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-022-03316-6

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